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"What does it matter to you whether I care about Lucas or not? You're nothing but a despicable coward, hiding in the shadows. You don't even dare to show your face or use your own voice. What exactly do you want?" Aveline spat out, unable to see anything, completely restrained and unable to fight back physically.
She could only try to attack him with her words.
Even now, she had no idea who he was or what his intentions were.
It was maddeningly passive.
After her outburst, she felt the grip on her wrists tighten as if he wanted to crush her bones.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBreathing heavily, she let out a cold laugh and continued, "Why did you bringhere? To control Lucas? To threaten him? You've already resorted to kidnapping and imprisonment; what's left to hide?" She kept provoking him, hoping to gather suseful information.
"I won't use you to control him," the electronic voice replied from above her, still emotionless.
Aveline froze. He wouldn't use her to control Lucas? Then what did he want? "I only ask you one thing-do you still care about Lucas?" the voice repeated. "I don't!" Aveline replied coldly.
The grip on her wrists loosened slightly, but her brows remained furrowed.
A moment later, the person released her and stood up, moving to the side. "Eat properly, or I will really harm Annie. You say you don't care about her life or death, but you dragged her into this. She's innocent. Can you bear to see her tortured?" With that, the sound of footsteps filled the room as he left.
Aveline sat up, her face pale and grim.
He was right; she couldn't stand the thought of Annie being hurt because of her. But the man's identity remained a mystery. Who could he be? Not long after, Wanda cin with a tray of food.
This time, Aveline didn't refuse; she began to eat.
Regardless of her fear for Annie's safety, she knew she needed to keep up her strength-for the moment she could seize an opportunity to escape. A bitter glint flickered in Aveline's eyes.
She couldn't see could she really manage to escape? Wanda, eaten, eing that Aveline had y relaxed and took qut et her phone to snap a photo, she sent to her "master." belongs to en.kikistori Aveline, with little appetite, set down her fork after eating just half a plate of pasta, Wanda cleaned up and left the room. Aveline sat on the sofa, quietly thinking about her next move.
The situation was unclear, and the first thing she needed to do was to figure out what was going on.
Obeying for now might make then et other side lower their guard; then, she could extract useful information.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe sky had darkened, and still, there was no news of Aveline.
Inside the room, the atmosphere was heavy.
Everyone's faces were grim.
Selena was restless.
Lucas' people hadn't found anything; she needed to seek outside help! She went back to her room and quickly dialed Russell's number.
"Hello, Selena, what's going on?" Russell's voice cthrough almost cimmediately.
Selena, anxious, said, "Russ, Aveline is missing. Can you help us find her?" "What?" Russell sounded shocked. "When did this happen?" Selena explained the entire situation to him.
Russell's tone grew serious. "Alright, I'll send people to look for her."
Selena bit her finger, worried. "Will ible for this cause trouble for you? What? about the Johnson family...?" Russell replied, "Don't worry. I'll find her, no matter what."